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The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The company has been trying to ban ad blocker extensions ...

The issue spans regions, affecting viewers across multiple countries and triggering variants of the message, such as "content not available in your country." ...

Google YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has just ramped up further, with the streaming platform introducing new measures to stop users from using the privacy-preserving technology on its site.

YouTube has intensified its crackdown on ad blocking in a move that could impact millions of users worldwide. Users on Monday reported “weird behaviour” while ...

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All things considered, YouTube Premium is pretty great. Aside from ad-free video streaming, the subscription-based service also offers dedicated access to a massive music library, the ability to play ...

YouTube's crack down on ad blockers leads to unskippable blank video ads on the platform. Credit: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images YouTube ad-blocker users, prepare to stare at nothing for ...

Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...

Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...

A hot potato: YouTube is once again cracking down on those who use ad blockers. The Google-owned company has been implementing measures to combat third-party extensions for years, and it has just ...